Fiber fastening for insulated rail-joints.



B. G. BRAINE. FIBER FASTENING FOR INSULATED RAIL JOINTS.

APPLICATION FILED Emma, 1909.

Patented June 27, 1911.

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INVENTOR B. G., BRAINE. FIBER FASTENING FOR INSULATED RAIL JOINTS.

APPLICATION FILED IEB.23, 1909.

1 Patented June 27, 1911.

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.. I jfC which the fol -ti'on 'l'or joints of t BANCROFT G. BRAINE, OF NEW YORK, N.

or NEW YORK, N. Y.,

AS'SIGNOR T0 TH A CORPORATION E RAIL JOINT COMPANY, OF NEW YORK.

FIBER- FASIENING FOR INSULATED RAIL-JOINTS.

Too ZL uj iozirit may concern:

' 13c it known that l. l'iANCItUl-il (l. linux12.

a citizen ot the United States. residing at New Yorl; city, in the county of New York anrlf State ol' New Yorl-c, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fiber Fastcnings tor Insulated Rail-Joints, of

lowing is a specification.

"'lheiprcsent invention relates to the sub jectot insulated rail joints, and has particularly in view a practical improvement in the-positioning and fastening of the insulahat charm-tel.

To this end the invention primarily contemplates a. simple, practical and thoroughly reliable improvement in the means for t'asten'ing the base fiber or insulation of the type of insulated rail joints, wherein a base insulating sheet is interposed between thebases ot the rails and the base plate memberet the angle shoe or chair.

The Weber type of insulated rail joint represents a standard construction recoginent'in service the base insulation between nixed by railway engineers as possessing great iitiilityboth as a secure-and thoroughly sat actory splice for joining the rail ends together, as well as meeting every requireas a thoroughly and ett'ectively insulated rail joint, and it is the purpose; of the present invention to preserve each and all of the desirable functions of the Weber type of insulated rail joint, while ati'the sametnne improving the insulating t'eatures thereof by providing definite and positive.meanst'or reliably holding the. base insulation or fiber in place without the necessity of employing any extra parts or devices as a fastening means: Hence, the present invention is intended to so secure the base insulation or fiber of an insulated rail joint, particularly of the lVeber type. by means of the standard parts of the joints. as to positively prevent creeping or displace ment of such insulation in any direction, while atthe same time not interfering with convenient and ready insulation renewals. It is by reason ot? thus securing the base insulation or' fiber of such an insulated rail joint against shitting or creeping. that a substantial saving is eti'ected in the insulating material or fiber whihh is employed as rails and the base member of the angle shoe or chair.

lVIth these and many other objects in Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 1909.

the bases of the Serial No. 479.456.

j view. which skilled in the artas tln in the novel described, illustrated l igure 1 is a sectional sulated rail joint of t bodying the improved Patented June .27, I911.

will readily appear to those .lltlt tire of the invention is better understood, the same consist construction, combination arrangementof parts hereinafter more fully and claimed.

The essential features o:t tl

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1e invention inthe ob ects above 111- susceptible to strucand to embodiment in ruction. without det or scope of the inhe preferred embodishonn in the accomwhich:

end view ot an inhe ll' eber type. emtastening means for holding the base insulation in lined position.

Fig. 2 is a vertical the form of construct line of section inclu bolts.

cross sectional view of ion shown in Fig. l. the ding one Fig. 3 is a similar vie ot' the joint- \v illustrating a slight"structural modification in the tits tenmg means.

lake reterenees desi parts in the several gnate corres mnding ligures ot the drawings.

As above indicatedfthe present invemion possesses special utility m connection with the \Veber type of though general application to' insulated rail joint.

the same is necessarily capable of any similar type ot' rail joint embodying in its organization a rail support ing ranged as to have a c with the base insul for illustrative shown in the drawings a. \i eber insulated rail joint essentially 001111 with the service rails or rail chair S, the

ranged against tl ation sheet. purposes, the inventlon is base plate member and splice or filler members capabl e oit'being so arlamping engagement l'lowever.

to ass oi in its application oint. which cl n'ises, in eonibinatioi'i R, It, an angle shoe op iiositel v' arranged side filler members 5 and (i. the bolt strap 7 ar- 1e outer side of the tiller member 5 at one side of the joint, and the usual series of joint bolts 8.

The angle shoe conventional design. an angle plate pro rail supporting base plate member 9, and an upright side girder from one edge portion member at the outer side and lying against the outer side These are the usual and well known parts of a \Veber rail joint, and to provide for insulating a joint of this character, it is understood that the side filler blocks 5 and 6 fitting in the fishing spaces of the rails and against the under sides of the rail heads, provide a substantial and. thoroughly practical side insulation invention this holding which is usually supplemented by the employment of suitable bolt insulating means, such for instance as the insulating washers 12- and the sleeves 11 lining the bolt holes in the side member 10 of the shoe and in the bolt strap 7. Also, in the Weber insulated rail joint, there is employed the usual insu-. lating-zend post 13 between the rail ends,

and a base insulation sheet 14 interposed between, the bases of vthe rails and the upper templated for this purpose resides in providing the insulitti-on sheet 14 at one edge thereof with an integral upturned holding flange extension 15 which is adapted to clampin 1y engaged by the joint parts when tightene up.. In one suggested form of the flange 15, asshown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, has a substantial and material projection above the plane of the base late and also above the rail flanges, said hol ingfiange also lying substantially perpendicular and adapted to be clamped tightly between the outer face of the filler -blockG and the .inner face of the upright member 10 of the angle shoe. Furthermore,

A modification of the invention suggested in Fig. 3, wherein the holding flange designated by 15, may be of short projection above the horizontal plane of the main body of the insulation, but otherwise clamped and seated in the manner shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

Other modifications will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art, and it will therefore be understood that changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

I, claim:

In an insulated rail joint, the combination with the rails, an angle shoe and a wooden filler block, said angle shoe having a receiving recess in the inner face of its upright member, of a base insulation sheet extending the full width of the rail base between the latter and the base of the shoe, and provided at one edge with an upstanding flange portion registering within said' receiving recess and clampingly engaged by the outer flat side of the tiller block.

In testimony whereof I hereunto attix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. BANCROFT G. BRAINE. Witnesses: GonnoN W. Comon, E. L. SCIIERMERIION. 

